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October 24, 2010

2010 World Series: Giants / Rangers

The 106th World Series begins on Wednesday night in San Francisco. And some time between October 31 and November 4, one city/region will celebrate a championship for the first time.

The Giants last won the World Series in 1954, when they still played at the Polo Grounds, in upper Manhattan. Since then, they have made it to the Fall Classic three times, losing in seven games to the Yankees in 1962, being swept by the A's in 1989, and losing in seven games in 2002 to the Angels.

The Rangers have never played a World Series game.

Longest World Series Droughts

102 years Cubs (1908) 62 years Cleveland (1948) 55 years Giants (1954, as New York Giants) 49 years Rangers (Never, began 1961) 49 years Astros (Never, began 1962)

P.S. The Cubs haven't won the NL pennant in 65 years.

Also: Of San Francisco's seven post-season wins this month, six have been by one run. The scores:

I can't find pitch f/x data for last night, particularly the called strike three that ended the game. Was it low? How can we find out? Fox did not show the pitch on their "fox tracks" or whatever TF the call it.

The moment it happened I went to Brooks for a pic of the AB. The site said it was over-loaded with requests. That was true even the next day? A lot of writers must have had the same idea: Caught looking, as your season goes bye-bye.

It's working now but In case anyone's interested, here's a link to the entire page for that AB.